Patent Grant
10328909
Various types of snow removal devices are known in the prior art. However, what has been needed is a snow removal device for an automobile including a rectangular flexible sheet and each of a front seam and a back seam disposed within the rectangular flexible sheet. What has been further needed is for each of a front cord and a back cord of a pair of cords to be continuously disposed through an entirety of each of the front seam and the back seam, respectively, with each of a plurality of stitchings permanently affixing one of the pair of cords to the rectangular flexible sheet. Lastly, what has been needed is for each of a right handle and a left handle of a pair of rigid handles to be attached to the pair of cords. One of the pair of handles is configured to be held by one of a pair of users in order to allow the pair of users to brush snow off the automobile using the rectangular flexible sheet. The snow removal device for an automobile thus quickly and efficiently removes snow from an automobile in order to ensure that drivers remain safe and in compliance with state laws regarding snow removal.
The present invention relates to snow removal devices, and more particularly, to a snow removal device for an automobile.
The general purpose of the present snow removal device for an automobile, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a snow removal device for an automobile which has many novel features that result in a snow removal device for an automobile which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present snow removal device for an automobile includes an elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet, optionally a waterproof tarp, having a front edge, a back edge, a right edge, a left edge, a front right corner, a front left corner, a back right corner, and a back left corner. A front seam is continuously disposed within an entirety of the front edge of the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet from the right edge to the left edge, and a back seam is continuously disposed within an entirety of the back edge of the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet from the right edge to the left edge. Each of a front cord and a back cord of a pair of cords has a right end and a left end. Each of the front cord and the back cord is continuously disposed through an entirety of each of the front seam and the back seam, respectively, and each of the right end and the left end is outwardly extended from each of the right edge and the left edge, respectively, of the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet.
The snow removal device for an automobile further includes a plurality of stitchings disposed within the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet. Each of the plurality of stitchings permanently affixes one of the pair of cords to the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet. Each of a right handle and a left handle of a pair of rigid handles has a front surface and a back surface. Each of the pair of rigid handles is optionally polyvinyl chloride for greater durability and strength. The front surface of each of the right handle and the left handle is attached to each of the right end and the left end, respectively, of the front cord, and the back surface of each of the right handle and the left handle is attached to each of the right end and the left end, respectively, of the back cord.
A length of the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet from the right edge to the left edge substantially conforms to a width of a hood of an automobile from a right area of the automobile to a left area of the automobile. One of the pair of handles is configured to be held by one of a pair of users in order to allow the pair of users to brush snow off the automobile using the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet. The elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet is foldable for ease of storage and transport.
Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present snow removal device for an automobile so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
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The snow removal device for an automobile 10 further includes a plurality of stitchings 52 disposed within the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet 20. Each of the plurality of stitchings 52 permanently affixes one of the pair of cords 46 to the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet 20. Each of a right handle 54 and a left handle 56 of a pair of rigid handles 58 has a front surface 60 and a back surface 62. The front surface 60 of each of the right handle 54 and the left handle 56 is attached to each of the right end 48 and the left end 50, respectively, of the front cord 42, and the back surface 62 of each of the right handle 54 and the left handle 56 is attached to each of the right end 48 and the left end 50, respectively, of the back cord 44.
A length of the elongated rectangular flattened flexible sheet 20 from the right edge 26 to the left edge 28 substantially conforms to a width of a hood 64 of an automobile 66 from a right area 68 of the automobile 66 to a left area 70 of the automobile 66.
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4024654 | Snyder | May 1977 | A |
| 7861361 | Boucher | Jan 2011 | B2 |
| 9296364 | Grano | Mar 2016 | B2 |
